SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Swami Vivekananda came of the famous Dutta family of Simla in Calcutta. He on was an Attorney at Calcutta High Court. His mother Bhubaneswari Debi was a pious lady.

Narendranath passed the Entrance Examination from the Metropolitan Institution in 1879 and F.A. in 1881. He graduated with Honours in Philosophy from the Scottish Church College in 1884. But he was not happy with the worldly life. He met the great saint of Dakshineswar, Ramkrishna Paramhansadev. The saint satisfied him and Narendranath became his disciple. In 1893 he attended the Parliament of Religions at Chicago and started religious classes in New York in 1895.

His speech in the Parliament charmed the audience. Many Americans and Europeans became his disciples. On his return to India he devoted himself to religious and social works. In 1898, he established the Belur Math. His message to mankind was to serve mankind is to serve God. He passed away on July 4 in 1902 when he was only thirty nine years old.